Esther 2:14
“In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women,.... Or the other apartment…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The second house of the women - i. e. Esther returned to the “house of the women,” but not to the same part of it. She…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
She returned into the second house - This was the place where the king's concubines were kept. They went out no more,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Esther 2:1-20
How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he…
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